Price Glacier (Mount Shuksan)
Price Glacier | |
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Price Glacier | |
Type | Mountain glacier |
Coordinates | 48°50′37″N 121°35′24″W / 48.84361°N 121.59000°WCoordinates: 48°50′37″N 121°35′24″W / 48.84361°N 121.59000°W[1] |
Length | .75 mi (1.21 km) |
Terminus | Barren rock/icefall |
Status | Retreating |
Price Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, on the northeast slopes of Mount Shuksan, below the subpeak known as Nooksack Tower.[2] Price Glacier descends from 8,600 to 4,200 ft (2,600 to 1,300 m) and is the steepest and most heavily crevasseed glacier on Mount Shuksan.[2][3] The disconnected lowest portions of Price Glacier calve small icebergs into Price Lake.
See also
References
- ↑ "Price Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
- 1 2 Mount Shuksan, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved April 20, 2013.
- ↑ Beckey, Fred (208). Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes Rainy Pass to Fraser River. The Mountaineers Books. p. 62. ISBN 9781594854309.
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